Where does “huvitteleminen” come from?

huvitteleminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish huvitella, from Finnish huvittaa, from Finnish hupi, from Finnish hupa, from Proto-Finnic hupa, from Proto-Uralic čupa.

Ancestry of “huvitteleminen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhuvitellaTo have fun
2Finnishhuvittaato amuse
3Finnishhupifun
4Finnishhupaquickly diminishing; funny
5Proto-Finnichupalean, thin
6Proto-Uralicčupa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic čupa →Every word from Proto-Finnic hupa →Every word from Finnish hupa →